Solid and steady growth in the airfreight forwarding market has seen Air Menzies International (AMI) take ownership of a new warehouse at OR Tambo International Airport, significantly improving the neutral consolidator’s cargo throughput capacity.
According to Milton French, vice president for AMI Africa, the new facility is already handling about 500 tonnes a month and is capable of processing twice as much.
At 2 959 square metres, the company’s new premises at the Sky Park Industrial complex in Bonaero Park are more than twice the size of its previous facility which was an even split between office space and warehousing.
Reflecting on where AMI used to be, continually hard-pressed to expand beyond the old facility of 1 450 squares, French says their current premises have made a big difference.
“Previously we were part office and part warehouse in equal measure with a couple of tenants using some of the office space, of which we clearly had more than enough. But we kept having to expand on the warehousing side.
“Initially we made do by expanding into affordable warehousing space next to our old premises, but still we continued to run out of space. We realised soon enough that the increase in cargo sent our way meant a more dramatic, longer-term expansion was necessary.
“That’s when we started looking at developing these premises. It was really a no-brainer!”
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